What You can learn from Poverty

Who likes poverty to come to us? No one I think. But being in a poverty doesn't look bad at all. There are so many lessons of life you can take from it. This is how we see poverty in different perspective that gives a lot of lessons to our lives.

I've been trying to find its benefits, and I found many things. Here they are:

1. Guidance from one's Higher Self is most appreciated.
2. Addictive behaviors become evident and reveal energy blocks.
3. Humility and Reverence can be frequently experienced.
4. Meal planning can become personalized and more healthful.
5. Innovation and creativity can provide unique solutions.
6. Assertiveness is easier to learn and practice for fear of loss and coerciveness of power have little to threaten against.
7. Meditation can be a low cost anxiety relief with no adverse side effects.
8. Self-sufficiency adds to one's self-esteem and provides independence, security; and freedom.
9. Challenges provide opportunities to improve one's coping skills.
10. Time management skills can be more easily developed with less distraction.
11. Experience facilitates empathy with the many with similar incomes.
12. Healthful exercise (walking) often goes with low cost forms of transportation.
13. Mass media is less available and less distracting -- TV, radio, movies, papers ....
14. Friends who are sincere are recognized apart from friends-of-convenience.
15. Planning and organization skills help one conserve and better utilize space.
16. Foods are less costly if freshly prepared, not overprocessed, nor requiring toxic chemicals for preservation and artificial flavoring and color.
17. Persons who manipulate and deceive in order to personally gain, avoid you.
18. Freedom from debt, and credit, reduces your obligations to others.
19. One can choose to spend more time with family members and friends.
20. Changes in career, educational level, skill expertise and choice of relationships become less resisted by relatives, friends and associates --- and often receive encouragement.